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Issue Details

Issue #459
Published May 1976
Cover Price 0.30
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Pencils: Infantino and Chan added; Bob Oksner removed. Inks: Terry Austin and Dan Adkins also suggested. (Info/suggestions by B. Bailey, Steve C., M. Head, B. Hughes, K. Nowlan and S. Whitaker. Per Sandell ed. 2005-08-20). Issues 459-486 featured exclusively stories of Superman, with some back-up strips for members of the supporting case. Avg circulation given as 232,000 for the last year.

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Blackrock
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino (layout); Ernie Chan
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Pencils: Infantino and Chan added; Bob Oksner removed. Inks: Terry Austin and Dan Adkins also suggested. (Info/suggestions by B. Bailey, Steve C., M. Head, B. Hughes, K. Nowlan and S. Whitaker. Per Sandell ed. 2005-08-20). Issues 459-486 featured exclusively stories of Superman, with some back-up strips for members of the supporting case. Avg circulation given as 232,000 for the last year.

12 page Superman story "Superman's Big Crack-Up!"

Characters Superman; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Lola Barnett; Blackrock (villain)
Genre Super-hero
Script Elliot Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Bob Oksner

6 page The Private Life of Clark Kent story "Two for the Taxi!"

Characters Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard
Genre Super-hero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes This feature is continued from Superman (DC Comics, 1939 series). Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].